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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-3)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the writing technique of in media res, and how it is used to begin the narrative. In media res is the technique of beginning a story by starting with a pivotal point or situation that is the culmination of a series of events. The author begins her story with her assault and then takes the reader back through the events that led to that point.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How does the author plunge into her story in Chapter 1? How does the author use what she remembers to tell her story and how it leads to the incident she remembers? How does she develop her story by going back to the beginning and then circling back to her thoughts and then to her first months at school? How does she use exposition in flashbacks to tell the story of...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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